Danny Way, skateboarding legend, mega ramp pioneer and winner of three consecutive X Games gold medals is officially out of this year’s X Games Skateboard Big Air event, as he waits on standby for yet another ACL reconstructive surgery.
Danny Way, skateboarding legend, mega ramp pioneer and winner of three consecutive X Games gold medals is officially out of this year’s X Games Skateboard Big Air event, as he waits on standby for yet another ACL reconstructive surgery.
The original mega ramp ripper, Danny Way is known throughout the action sports world and beyond as the man who took vertical skateboarding to an unprecedented level, when he conceptualized, designed and rode the first ever mega ramp. Since Danny’s leap into the mega unknown the mega ramp and Big Air competition have become one of the most highly anticipated and watched spectacles at X Games.
Way has won the gold at X Games Big Air once with a broken ankle in 2005, and last year without the benefit of an ACL in his right knee.
Danny is currently expecting a phone call from his doctor, any day, regarding a ligament from a cadaver. As soon as he has the confirmation, Way will once again go under the knife.
While Danny supposes that he could once again compete with no ACL, he is well aware that doing so may result in long-term damage, closing the door on competitive skateboarding forever. Also is the fact that Danny has been out of practice on the mega ramp for a few months, and any skate session culminates in serious icing and rest.
Way, 33, has undergone three ACL reconstructive surgeries in the past.
Danny re-mounts on his way to winning X Games 2006
